Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Audiobook

Publisher Description

Coming this October: Killing Commendatore, the much-anticipated new novel from Haruki Murakami Hyperkinetic and relentlessly inventive, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is Haruki Murakamis deep dive into the very nature of consciousness. Across two parallel narratives, Murakami draws readers into a mind-bending universe in which Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters collide to dazzling effect. What emerges is a novel that is at once hilariously funny and a deeply serious meditation on the nature and uses of the mind. Download and start listening now!

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Off the wall . . . hilariously bizarre . . . splendid . . . a remarkable book . . . Alfred Birnbaum . . . has captured the crazed, surreal feel of Murakamis Japanese. – The Times (London) His novels . . . are set on fast-forward: raucous, slangy, irreverent. – Details Murakamis bold willingness to go straight over the top [is] a signal indication of his genius . . . a world-class writer who has both eyes open and takes big risks. – The Washington Post Book World He has become the foremost representative of a new style of Japanese writing: hip, cynical, highly stylized, set at the juncture of cyberpunk, postmodernism, and hard-boiled detective fiction. . . . Murakami [is] adept at deadpan wit, outrageous style. – Los Angeles Times Magazine Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka. – Philadelphia Inquirer Rich in action, suspense, odd characters and unexpected trifles . . . [a] provocative work. – The Atlantic Murakamis gift is for ironic observations that hint at something graver. . . . He is wry, absurd, and desolate. – Los Angeles Times Book Review [A] mix of American fun and Japanese dread. – Esquire An intertwining DNA model of seemingly contrary elements . . . a combination of Kafkas castle, Borgess library, and the Prisoners TV village. – Village Voice Literary Supplement